SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Bob Lee Stabbing Trial Kicks Off Today The trial of Nima Momeni for the April 2023 stabbing of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee begins today; dozens protested the potential closure of Sutro Elementary School on Sunday; and Tahoe's Homewood resort is not opening this ski season.
SF News The Blue Angels Actually Performed Sunday, to Spectacular Effect The Blue Angels, viewed by many as the peak highlight of the yearly Fleet Week festivities, came out Sunday and put on their usual show.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Businesses Win Big During Fleet Week, Blue Angels or Not San Francisco business owners are reporting a small boom thanks to Fleet Week; A historic SoMa mural has been restored; and a fatal crash in the North Bay closed northbound lanes of Highway 101 for hours.
SF News Blue Angels Cancels Saturday Flights, Citing Fog It appears Karl has claimed an unfortunate victim this weekend, as the Blue Angels announced they cancelled their Fleet Week Air Show for today, which they blame on the heavy fog currently present in San Francisco, according to a statement from San Francisco Fleet Week on X.
SF News New Glass Canopies at Several Market Street BART Station Entrances Smashed By Vandals A dozen glass panels, part of the new canopies at the entrances to Powell, Civic Center and other stations were smashed last weekend, only months after their initial installation.
SF News Saturday Links: SoMa Garden Dispute Apparently a "Microcosm" of S.F.'s Problems A SoMa garden is roiled in controversy; San Jose leaders are looking for more money to address homelessness: Trump and Harris have have sizeable leads in Arizona and Pensylvania respectively.
SF News Day Around The Bay: West Portal Driver Allegedly Mixed Up Gas And Brake Pedals The alleged driver in March's deadly West Portal crash apparently said she mixed up the brake and gas pedals; A San Jose City Councilmember allegedly sent text messages sexualizing minors; and Tesla's stock is faltering after an unimpressive robotaxi reveal.
SF Politics Minor Figure in Sheng Thao FBI Raid Claims DA Pamela Price Tried to Shake Him Down for $25,000 Bribe Two of the East Bay’s strangest political stories just collided head-on, as a very colorful character from the FBI probe that led to the Sheng Thao raid now says that Alameda County DA Pamela Price tried to shake him down for $25,000. But oh, this fellow has credibility issues.
SF News Union Square Dior Once Again Rammed Into by Car in Smash-and-Grab Burglary Nearly one year to the day after thieves rammed a car into the Union Square Dior storefront, another car pulled the same scheme just before 3 am Friday morning, and the suspects are still at large.
SF News Mayor Breed Touts 60% Drop in Tents on Streets, Mandelmans’s District 8 Supposedly Has Just One Tent Some very encouraging new statistics saying the number of tents on San Francisco streets is at a six-year low, including there being only one tent counted in District 8, but this does not seem to have meaningfully lowered SF’s homeless population.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Zanze's Cheesecakes Hit Grocery Store Shelves We've got some new pizza happening around Mission Bay, Zanze's Cheesecakes are now available at a Bay Area grocery store, and the Chronicle reviews Bernal Heights duck and pork belly specialists Go Duck Yourself.
Arts & Entertainment Comet Not Seen From Earth For 80,000 Years Will Pass By Us Starting This Weekend A comet that likely has never been viewed by modern humans, and was last visible from Earth at the time of the Neanderthals, will come in its closest path by our planet on Saturday, and you may be able to see it with your naked eye for several weeks in a row.
SF News 25-Year-Old Redwood City Man Convicted In Street-Racing Collision Death of Peninsula Couple The man accused of causing a fatal collision while spontaneously street-racing on a main thoroughfare in Redwood City two years ago pleaded no contest earlier this week and faces up to nine years in prison.
SF News Blistering New Report Describes SF Zoo as ‘Unsafe for Visitors and Animals’ Well, this complicates the push for pandas. A new report by an SF Zoo oversight commission describes the facility as “dilapidated,” “extremely outdated,” and says parts of the zoo are even “crawling with rodents.”
Arts & Entertainment Cal Shakes, a Beloved Summer Tradition For East Bay Theater Lovers, Shuts Down For Good After 50 Years Late Thursday, a message went out from Cal Shakes' Executive Director Clive Worsley making the sad announcement that the 50-year-old theater company, based in Orinda, would be shutting its doors for good amid significant financial strain.
SF News Theobald Lengyel Convicted In December Murder of Girlfriend Alyx Herrmann, Which Was Captured on Tape The jury returned with a guilty verdict Thursday in the trial of 56-year-old Theobald "Mylo" Lengyel, the former Mr. Bungle bandmember who admitted to the killing of 61-year-old girlfriend Alice "Alyx" Herrmann in her Capitola home.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Clouds Could Limit Blue Angels' Show A low cloud ceiling could impact the Blue Angels air show on Saturday and/or Sunday; London Breed is courting support as a No. 2 ranked-choice pick for progressives; and downtown SF restaurants are offering Friday deals.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Jury Selection Complete In Bob Lee Murder Trial The jury has been empaneled and the trial of Nima Momeni begins Monday; a trio of young suspects has been indicted for a bank robbery spree around the Bay Area; and an Oakland man has disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
SF News SFPD Arrests 17-Year-Old Suspect In Shooting of Teen Outside Galileo High School A Galileo High School student was shot next to the school's football field just as the new school year began, and on Tuesday, police arrested a 17-year-old suspect for the crime.
SF News Federal Officials Shoot and Kill Crissy Field Coyote That Had Killed Three Dogs In Three Weeks DNA tests determined that it was one single coyote who’d killed three dogs at Crissy Field and the Presidio since September 15, so National Park officials killed that coyote Sunday, as it had been getting pretty aggressive with people too.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Che Fico Pizzeria Opens at Chase Center's Thrive City, With Big Outdoor Patio It's time to enjoy some Che Fico pizzas over at the Chase Center — and while Miller and Lux may have some draw for the upscale steakhouse thing, the opening of Che Fico Pizzeria might mark the first standalone reason for people to go Thrive City when they aren't going to a concert or a game.
SF News Officials Raise Serious Safety Concerns Over BART-to-San Jose Design, Because Boy Does This Seem Like a Lot of Stairs Riders would have to climb the equivalent of eight flights of stairs in an emergency under the current design of the proposed BART-to-San Jose stations, and some officials are waving red flags that this is not feasible emergency planning.
SF News SFPD Arrests High-Volume Drug Dealer In Tenderloin Following Four-Month Investigation San Francisco police announced the Tuesday arrest of a "high-volume" dealer of fentanyl, meth, cocaine, and prescription pills, and they say they uncovered much evidence of his drug dealing at his Oakland home.
SF Politics Report: Alameda DA Pamela Price Had 1,000 Misdemeanor Cases Dismissed Because Her Office Simply Blew Filing Deadlines A possible October Surprise in next month’s recall election of Alameda County DA Pamela Price comes in a new report that claims that more than 1,000 misdemeanor offenders walked free because Price’s office missed deadlines to file charges.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour + Water Pizza Shop Added to Roster of New Restaurants at Mission Rock Development Among the food options at the new complex of buildings at Mission Rock will be the first standalone, quick-service pizza shop from Flour + Water, outside of its recently opened flagship location in North Beach.
